Joseph Thornley
@thornley.bsky.social
Founder of https://76engage.com
There’s no Turning Back in Manitoba. globalnews.ca/news/1206291...
Manitoba to scrap time change, stay on Daylight Saving Time: Kinew | Globalnews.ca
Manitoba will remain on Daylight Saving Time, ridding of the practice of changing the clocks twice per year, according to Premier Wab Kinew.
globalnews.ca
September 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
There’s no Turning Back in Manitoba. globalnews.ca/news/1206291...
“When an industry that is eating itself alive through “hyperscaling” demands that the government bless a conspiracy to halt competition and ban open source alternatives, you should be suspicious.…” doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses
If you can’t impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition.
doctorow.medium.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
“When an industry that is eating itself alive through “hyperscaling” demands that the government bless a conspiracy to halt competition and ban open source alternatives, you should be suspicious.…” doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
I know that tough times lay ahead. However, this makes me proud to be Canadian - and it gives me hope for a better future. youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI?...
Forward Guidance: A Stronger Canada
YouTube video by Mark Carney
youtu.be
September 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I know that tough times lay ahead. However, this makes me proud to be Canadian - and it gives me hope for a better future. youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI?...
Does he think that magic made him and Elon the most followed people on the platforms that they own? A stunning lack of self-awareness. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
US embassy says Downing Street’s plan to give BBC, ITV and other established media more online visibility carries risk of ‘censorship’
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Does he think that magic made him and Elon the most followed people on the platforms that they own? A stunning lack of self-awareness. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... “The lake's name comes from the Huron Indigenous people's word "oniatarí:io," which means "lake of shining waters," and it predates European settlement in the region. The province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake.”
Trump moves to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid trade spat with 'entitled' Canada | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order directing the interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America," as the trade war with Canada persists.
www.cbc.ca
August 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... “The lake's name comes from the Huron Indigenous people's word "oniatarí:io," which means "lake of shining waters," and it predates European settlement in the region. The province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake.”
As we look ahead to two (potentially) referenda on Canadian unity and an aggressive US government, these two studies offer some cautionary insights. www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...
Right-leaning Canadians are losing trust in Canada’s electoral process, study finds
Right-leaning Canadians’ trust in the bodies that manage Canadian elections has declined significantly since 2019, a McGill-led research team has found. Their research draws on data collected between ...
www.mcgill.ca
August 25, 2026 at 12:39 AM
As we look ahead to two (potentially) referenda on Canadian unity and an aggressive US government, these two studies offer some cautionary insights. www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...
It's time to rethink our established views of online privacy.
mgeist.substack.com/p/is-data-de...
mgeist.substack.com/p/is-data-de...
Is Data De-Identification Dead?: Why the AI Privacy Risk Isn’t What It Learns, But What It Figures Out
AI makes what was once exceptionally difficult - re-identifying de-identified data- trivially easy as it is a mere structural byproduct of how the technology works
mgeist.substack.com
April 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM
It's time to rethink our established views of online privacy.
mgeist.substack.com/p/is-data-de...
mgeist.substack.com/p/is-data-de...
People want to be recognized by other people, not machines. Government should keep a human in the loop of all interactions with citizens.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Is it Mark Carney or is it AI | CBC News
That’s a question thousands of Canadians who receive a letter back from Canada’s prime minister may be asking in the not-too-distant future as the government contemplates a plan to replace some of the...
www.cbc.ca
April 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
People want to be recognized by other people, not machines. Government should keep a human in the loop of all interactions with citizens.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Reposted by Joseph Thornley
This. 👇👇👇👇👇👇
Newsrooms should not block the Internet Archive. Any public service publisher should not block the Internet Archive. If anything, we should all be directly supporting the Internet Archive.
April 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This. 👇👇👇👇👇👇
Immediate concern: tariffs. Overriding concern: data sovereignty. "We are rightly worried about who gets trumped on tariffs. But it is who trumps on data that will shape the digital economy for decades to come."
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/head...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/head...
Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: What Lies Behind the U.S. Trade Battle For Control over Data - Michael Geist
My Globe and Mail op-ed begins by noting that the Trump administration’s emphasis on tariffs continues to garner headlines, but a more consequential trade battle over data control is playing out with ...
www.michaelgeist.ca
April 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Immediate concern: tariffs. Overriding concern: data sovereignty. "We are rightly worried about who gets trumped on tariffs. But it is who trumps on data that will shape the digital economy for decades to come."
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/head...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/head...
"...nearly 80 years after its inception, Nieman Reports is ... ending its print magazine edition and continuing only online.
'It’s a time of tough choices for the media industry, and Nieman Reports is not immune,' Editor Samantha Henry said."
niemanreports.org/nieman-repor...
'It’s a time of tough choices for the media industry, and Nieman Reports is not immune,' Editor Samantha Henry said."
niemanreports.org/nieman-repor...
A New Chapter - Nieman Reports
After nearly 80 years, Nieman Reports, a publication part of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, turns the page on print.
niemanreports.org
April 15, 2026 at 4:53 PM
"...nearly 80 years after its inception, Nieman Reports is ... ending its print magazine edition and continuing only online.
'It’s a time of tough choices for the media industry, and Nieman Reports is not immune,' Editor Samantha Henry said."
niemanreports.org/nieman-repor...
'It’s a time of tough choices for the media industry, and Nieman Reports is not immune,' Editor Samantha Henry said."
niemanreports.org/nieman-repor...
Would you board a flight if the airline told you that you had a 90% chance of arriving safely?
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/t...
How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Would you board a flight if the airline told you that you had a 90% chance of arriving safely?
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/t...
AI search (AEO) has changed the game. When creating content, focus on being citable, not just clickable. searchengineland.com/produce-cont...
How to produce content that naturally builds AEO clout
Backlinks still matter, but authority now extends to mentions and citations. Learn how to create content that earns both in AI search.
searchengineland.com
April 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
AI search (AEO) has changed the game. When creating content, focus on being citable, not just clickable. searchengineland.com/produce-cont...
“...coders see LLMs differently than everyone else. In the creative disciplines, LLMs take away the most soulful human parts of the work and leave the drudgery to you, ... in coding, LLMs take away the drudgery and leave the human, soulful parts” @anildash.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
“...coders see LLMs differently than everyone else. In the creative disciplines, LLMs take away the most soulful human parts of the work and leave the drudgery to you, ... in coding, LLMs take away the drudgery and leave the human, soulful parts” @anildash.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...
Freaked out about AI replacing you at work? Don't be. Lean in. Use it to augment your abilities. @zackshapiro discusses with @mgeist how he has made AI work for his law practice. The Law Bytes podcast ep. 262 mgeist.substack.com/p/the-law-by...
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 262: Zack Shapiro on the Claude AI Native Law Firm
What are the limits of using AI to help run a legal practice?
mgeist.substack.com
March 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Freaked out about AI replacing you at work? Don't be. Lean in. Use it to augment your abilities. @zackshapiro discusses with @mgeist how he has made AI work for his law practice. The Law Bytes podcast ep. 262 mgeist.substack.com/p/the-law-by...
It's 2026. And that means that this year's IAP2 North American Conference will be held in Vancouver in October. A great opportunity for P2 practitioners form across North America to meet and learn from one another. youtube.com/shorts/U8Ftg...
IAP2 Canada 2026 North American Conference
YouTube video by IAP2 Canada
youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It's 2026. And that means that this year's IAP2 North American Conference will be held in Vancouver in October. A great opportunity for P2 practitioners form across North America to meet and learn from one another. youtube.com/shorts/U8Ftg...
We’re to taking the pulse of public participation. If you're a public participation practitioner, please tell us about the challenges and changes you are seeing in #p2. #IAP2 www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7HS3CM
2025 IAP2 Canada State of the Practice Survey
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We’re to taking the pulse of public participation. If you're a public participation practitioner, please tell us about the challenges and changes you are seeing in #p2. #IAP2 www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7HS3CM
I know what I'll be reading on October 7. 😀
May 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I know what I'll be reading on October 7. 😀
It’s April 8 - and Winter has returned to Ottawa. :(
April 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It’s April 8 - and Winter has returned to Ottawa. :(
An interesting account by Terry Fallis of the journey a new novel takes from writing to publishing. The actual writing takes only three months. Editing takes twice as long. And it's over two years from writing to publishing. terryfallis.substack.com/p/update-on-...
Update on my 10th novel: The Marionette
Writing life: 77
terryfallis.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
An interesting account by Terry Fallis of the journey a new novel takes from writing to publishing. The actual writing takes only three months. Editing takes twice as long. And it's over two years from writing to publishing. terryfallis.substack.com/p/update-on-...
This WTF shows.acast.com/wtf-with-mar... conversation between @marcmaron.bsky.social and Chris Hayes is a must-listen. Some great insights expressed in terms I can relate to. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/719661...
Episode 1621 - Chris Hayes | WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
shows.acast.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This WTF shows.acast.com/wtf-with-mar... conversation between @marcmaron.bsky.social and Chris Hayes is a must-listen. Some great insights expressed in terms I can relate to. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/719661...
Reposted by Joseph Thornley
In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
January 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.
"Ultimately, whatever it looks like, a need and desire for new, fact-based information is still out there. The challenge now is to work out which of the old models for delivering it still work—and at what scale—and which need reimagining."
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Our Fragmented Media Age, and What Might Come Next
Some potential new models for journalism might in fact be old ones.
www.cjr.org
November 24, 2024 at 9:24 PM
"Ultimately, whatever it looks like, a need and desire for new, fact-based information is still out there. The challenge now is to work out which of the old models for delivering it still work—and at what scale—and which need reimagining."
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...